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Facebook announced that the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page violated the company's rules and therefore suspended the page's chat bot activity for twenty-four hours. Facebook explains that all chat activity will stop for a day regardless of the content being distributed. That means all Likud campaign content will be blocked in Messenger, and not just texts that violate company rules. The company statement said that the texts posted on Netanyahu's Facebook page were "hate speech" and therefore violated the company's policy. According to the company announcement...

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the new iPhones this week - iPhone 11. The question remains how much the device will cost in Israel. The prices of the new models are expected to be similar to those launched just a year ago. The price of the iPhone 11 will start at NIS 3,500, and the PRO model will start at NIS 4,700. The iPhone 11 features a 6.1-inch screen, it comes in six colors (purple, white, green, yellow, black and red), two cameras and an important promise over improved XR battery life. The new emphasis will also include a face recognition system. The price of this iPhone will start...

The Ministry of the Environment protection has summoned "Oil Industries" executives to a hearing on September 15 before the Haifa District Manager to voice their claims before revoking flammable hazardous materials and before issuing a administrative restraining order. This is in order to avoid a real danger and a significant fear of harming the public from the factory at risk from the warehouses that have been burnt and contain crisp asbestos deposits. The Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a warning this week to Oil Industries and its managers, warning of engaging in hazardous...

Between July 2018 and June 2019, there was a 6.4% increase in the number of dwellings under construction, compared to the 12 months prior to the period under review. This is what data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published. According to the figures, in the said year construction of 51,890 apartments began, compared with 48,750 apartments which began construction in the previous 12 months. The CBS survey shows that construction data also showed a slight increase of 2.1%: in the 12 months beginning in July 2018, construction of 50,380 apartments was completed, compared to...

Association president and business organization president Shraga Brosh resigns his office several days after the State Attorney's Office announces that he will file charges against him and his brother, Yariv Brosh, subject to a hearing. 2005. Brosh convenes the members of the Manufacturers Council, and in his remarks he will refer to the Attorney General's intention to prosecute him at the hearing. In a statement, he is expected to say, among other things, that "my commitment to the industry and association has intensified over the years as the state of the industry becomes more difficult...

The Bank of Israel Supervisor, headed by Supervisor Dr. Hedva Bar, and the Bank of Israel, headed by Prof. Amir Yaron, announced that they have approved a new bank in Israel. The Central Bank and the Banking Supervision Authority decided to grant a bank license to Marius Nacht's digital bank Jack Point, to which Amnon Shaashua minority shareholder, founder and manager of Mobilai and Orkam is a member. Alongside them is expected to be appointed bank chairman Shuki Oren, with the appointed CEO being a senior gal who was previously a senior at Leumi Digital Bank. The last bank to receive...

Daniel Birnbaum, Soda Stream chairman and CEO until recently, is the company's senior suspect in using insider information around the company's exits and its acquisition by PepsiCo. This, along with another suspect, close to him, had previously worked for the company. Birnbaum was investigated by Investigative and Intelligence Department investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission on suspicion of committing offenses involving the use of insider information, fraud and breach of trust. Birnbaum's name was not banned until 16:00 today, after Birnbaum requested and received a...

The crisis in the communications industry. Government ministries are exploring the possibility of completely eliminating consumer debts imposed on cellular companies to make it easier for them to cope with competition in the market. Today, companies are required, among other things, to operate a customer service center ten hours a day, provide technical service 24 hours a day, and are prohibited from offering customers a preferred service. Government ministry officials say these were relevant requirements at a time when there were three companies Mobile only, but today companies can be...

The court overturned fines that the Consumer Protection Authority imposed on telecommunications companies, and ruled that it had to repay the fines it collected alongside reimbursement of legal expenses. In aggregate, this amounts to more than NIS 5 million, which the PA will repay to four mobile companies, including reimbursement of fines and legal fees. To Cellcom to receive NIS 3.4 million back, and to Partner and Pelephone together to receive NIS 1 million - now joins Golan Telecom, which will receive NIS 612,000 paid as a fine for violating the Consumer Protection Law - according to a...

Significant gaps still exist in a series of areas between the center of the country and the periphery. That's how a Central Bureau of Statistics survey released on Wednesday reveals. The report reveals alarming gaps between the center and the periphery. Among other things, the average monetary income per household in the peripheral communities is 19% lower than the household income in the central settlements, which amounts to NIS 18,662 per month, compared with NIS 23,036 respectively. But despite this, there are no significant differences between the center and the periphery in life...